DSA-1111-2 kernel-source-2.6.8 -- race condition

It was discovered that a race condition in the process filesystem can lead
to privilege escalation.

The following matrix explains which kernel version for which architecture
fixes the problem mentioned above:

Debian 3.1 (sarge)

Source

2.6.8-16sarge4

Alpha architecture

2.6.8-16sarge4

AMD64 architecture

2.6.8-16sarge4

Intel IA-32 architecture

2.6.8-16sarge4

Intel IA-64 architecture

2.6.8-14sarge4

PowerPC architecture

2.6.8-12sarge4

Sun Sparc architecture

2.6.8-15sarge4

IBM S/390

2.6.8-5sarge4

Motorola 680x0

2.6.8-4sarge4

HP Precision

2.6.8-6sarge3

FAI

1.9.1sarge3

The initial advisory lacked builds for the IBM S/390, Motorola 680x0 and HP
Precision architectures, which are now provided. Also, the kernels for the
FAI installer have been updated.

We recommend that you upgrade your kernel package immediately and reboot
the machine. If you have built a custom kernel from the kernel source
package, you will need to rebuild to take advantage of these fixes.